THE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL; PORTLAND; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1819.
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l . Sunday aUeroooni, at Tha Joornal
'tulmi, Broadway and lamhili otiaet,
1'urtUnd, Oregon. ;-: ' "' ' --'.
1. tored at tha rotof'toe at Portland, Orefon.
f ir nanrot-aioB throngs the Stella m saoewd
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Bubcrlptlo term ; to any addraa Is
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On far...i.$7.ft i Oava stoats., .j .S .
To be rational to ao florlmu a thin that
' two-leased craatoras (taenllr eoatent them
Mlrai wit tha tlUa. Locka.
-: OUR PHENOMENAL TRADE
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r-HE United States foreign trade for
A "the Jest' year, has increased- to
IIOOOOOO with a balance , in
favor of this country of $4,182,
000,000. ' Our commerce exceeds, last
year's by 81,500,000,000 and the bal
ance. Of trade for the United States
has Increased by 11,000 j0,00a '
AVe exported 17,415,000.000 In goods
to foreign nations last year and our
Imports totaled $3,233,000,000. Export
records ' were . broken In Jane when
we ' shipped 1 92,000,000 in goods
abroad, and July was our heavy Im
port month when we received ship
ments amounting to $341,000,000. v
' In pre-war days Engalnd held 45
percent of world commerce, Germany
27 per cent and the United States 12.
A survey by. the United 'States grain
corporation shows that 90 per cent of
the devastated territory of Europe
Is now 'being seeded for production
next year,.
If is America's task to hold the im
mense foreign trade developed. )Vlth
European countries tranrformed from
agents of destruction, to heavy pro
ducers, there is- serious question as
to whether ,i the United' ; States can
maintain the 14,000,000,000 balance at
tained" during the red riot in Europe.
" I7ncl Sam's Portland store for
the sale of army goods has an. excel
lent system. All purchasers pay
cash. , Those who carry their par
cel home save cartage. Those who
want deliveries made call upon the
parcel post,' another governmental
agency and" pay In proportion to
th service rendered. Why couldnt
department stores, for Instance, give
cash and carry customers the same
advantage?
WAGES AND LAND
p-IIE statement is that vacant lots
in Portland do not readily sell
and j that prices are not high.
iRnrnft nrnnprttpa hava ootnallv.
sold at . is than the assessed value.
Mi Is probable that unused land and
land held for speculation. everywhere
Is likewise of dull sale. High wages
-cut Into'! the prices of such proper
ties. So does the high cost of ma
terials. Vacant land produces noth
ing from which, to pay a 'return.
.High wages,- high priced materials
. and high priced machinery for bring
ing it into use lessen Its marketable
value,-whether, it be a city lot or
&:tract held, for speculation in Hie
country. ' '
It is the working out of natural
law,r In the great scheme of things.
, it was never- intended that . land
should be idle. Land is the basis of
life. I It Is the fundamental of human
'existence. In one 'form, and another.
It gives forth those things On which
the human family subsists.
It t is then abnormal when land of
any - area 1 or " anywhere, capable of
production, should be Idle. To hold
it for speculation Is to prey upon the
'-very ; essentials to human existence,
and
It . is
therefore economically
wrong,
Perhaps that is .why the natural
law applies, in which it seems - to
be . the order "that with wages and
materials high, the value ot Idle land
Is , low.
The League of Nations is panned
but not planned by politicians. It
was born of the bloody struggle of
war.. , It was hailed at the time
when patriotic lovers of liberty and
haters - of ; t autocracy turned to
methods which would prevent fu
ture mutilation of humanity , by
armed strife. Politicians who. op
pose the league offer nothing better.
They, can't. ' . " , . -V
WHAT BETTER CAUSE? ;
5SURANCES are t given - that all
contributions' to the Emanuel
hospital fund will be used in the
erection and' equipment of the
l. ospitaL ; A campaign for 1250,000 1
-ider way in Portland to provide the
: rit unit or what is intended ultl
: ately.to be'a hospital fully worthy
the city, costing r $1,000,000, , and
Irg capacity, , together with other
hospitals, -, td"receive" an ; "who need
hdsprtal' care. " - '
It is said, .in urging the campaign,
that Portland needs .' additional hos
pital facilities more than any ; other
city of its size In the country, , The
beds of Hospitals now In use are in
(nstai& demand.' .Many patients in
the course of a year are turned away.
The power of medical; and surgical
science to relieve suffering and re
store health Is handicapped, j :
The Emanuel hospital campaign
has, consequently, the background ot
real necessity. 5 It .has , the Indorse
ments of . outstanding vcltlzeds, Its
supporters are not charging even the
campaign.' expense against the fund.
Civic pride is appealed to. Why not
respond generouslyT ' ! .
To what, cause can rich men and
rich women ' more ', worthily i devote
gifts? , : . - :
Probably, the Btandlfer shipyard
whistles never blew so glad a jnote aa
wben: they uttered their call for
work Thursday , morning. Btrlkes
ar expensive to th attikera
as to Industry. ; . '
aa.well
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION
V REGON lies in the path j of the
U national park to park tour.
Portland inevitably is a' part of
the circuit which connects the
great playgrounds of the government
The Columbia river highway ;wiH be
traversed by every motor party which
cares -enough, about Western- scenery
and' outdoor life to undertake (he
Journey as a. Whole. The loop road
around Mount Hood, when completed,
will be a magnet which will attract
hundreds of thousands. Crater Lake
Is a gem of Inestimable charm md
impressiveness which no one will
voluntarily pass by. These are but
the outstanding features of a back
ground , of scenic wealth - which na
ture has bestowed with proJigal band
in the Oregon country. v
Give these ' assets business : consid
eration, let an expert accountant who
understands the values Involved an
alyze then! and the conclusion will
be that announced by Harry W.
Child, Thomas A. Marlow, T. ;B. Mil
ler, . Max ; Goodsill and other mem
bers of the Montana party; which
visited Portland last Tuesday.
Investment In roads that will carry
auto - travelers pleasurably will re
turn highly satisfactory dividends
Local road construction plans that
constituti units of the park to park
program are imperative. The! financ
ing and building of tourist hotels
cannot be deferred longer if we actu
ally want tourists to come, and then
go away persuading others ikewise
to come. Getting ready forj tourist
travel Is now a business proposition
to be handled by business men on
a business -basis. !
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The league covenant provides for
Its own amendment. If there are
things about It that are unsatisfac
tory they can be changed by action
or tne league council ana assembly.
If America or any other nation
should . be dissatisfied with the
changes, It can Immediately with
draw. . Then why harp about al
leged defects?
THOSE DAYS OF PICARDY
LL the Holland shipping, aggre
gating 500,000 tons, which was
requisitioned by America in
March, 1918, has either been re
turned to the Dutch ownera or is in
process, of deliver?. j
The office of the American mis
sion at Rotterdam, where the busi
ness connected with the Dutch ships
wai transacted, closed the first of
this, month. A news dispatch states
that the Hollanders are well pleased
with the terms given by the Ameri-i
cans for the use of thesvessels.
Americans little knew at the time
of the seizure that 'the step- averted
adlsasterito the allies. The exigen
cies of war prevented the facts from
being , made public, but It j is now
known that Prance, England and Italy
were at that time In, a staggering
situation through scarcity if food.
Supplies of only two and three weeks
respectively were available 'In Italy
and France, while stocks in i England
were almost as low. i .
It was one of the darkest hours
in the war. The transfer of troops
from the collapsed eastern front had
raised Germany io the peak of.hea
power, and Hlndenburg and Luden-
doeff were ready for the great
Picaray drive, which for a time sent
the British army reeling back on its
base . and nearly rolled it back on
the channel ports. j
The seizure of the Holland ships,
many of thenV laden with wheat in
American harbors, wis one of the
telling strategies of the war. It in
censed the- Hollanders. It aroused
some criticism in America. !
But it fed the starving allied armies
and peoples and . strengthened them
to meet the terrifying onslaughts of
the Germans at. Picardy and the
Marne. . -
The killing of the little 6 -year-old
on Bast Thirty-third street raises
the automobile roll ,to 18 killed.
868 Injured and 5829 accidents for
the nine months of the present year.
And -the number of cars la swiftly
inereaslngl And every added car
swells the peril geometrically! There
must be ' those , who are wondering
what the solution is to be. .
.COMMISSIONER THOMPSON
r&srWJ .
T
HE retirement of W. Li Thomp
son from the state highway com
mission comes . at one j of those
opportune times in . the life, of
an organization when an individual
can drop ; out a'nd the work go
on - wiuiout Interruption or i sacrifice
and when. "the. individual' can take !
with ' him a well deserved tribute j
for conscientious and valuable service. !
As one -of" the .original members of
the commission Mr. Thompson had
a difficult tworkvin the cpwtructlon
of a state highway department and
the establishment of a' geueral high
way policy. This policy is bow fixed.
The part of the pioneer Is finished.
From now .on It Is a auccessioaof
detail and routine. . - r
" It Is often said that a man with
large private interests ,can not af
ford to take a jublip position, espe
cially when there . Is no compensa
tion attached thereto. ; 1 ! ; -
This Is a mistaken view. Besides
the 'obligation of good teltizenship
there is-a recompense which is i re
flected in the increased stature ot
the man. His horizon Is enlarged,
his ; knowledge of jlht state added to
and the ever 'living fact ; that there
is more than one side to, a question
is deeply Impressed.
t Mr. Thompson would doubtless , ad
mit that he is now a much bigger
man by ' reason of his experience ss
highway commissioner.' , ..r .
. At any rate he was a good com
missioner. " ' To bis successor, J.; N.
Burgess, he leaves a record to r be
emulated. U : ' . O ' - ' TJ.
No man in this land of freedom
has a right to do the things that
would harm his neighbor. The
Tlnm of free anper.h fa on the same
bnl Tt anr man hold to any
theory and express It in any terms
tha he wills so long as it is not
destructive to those who have a
right to live In security. The Ques
tion to be decided in passing op
the Plaza block meetings la whether
the utterances are loosing the forces
of harm to humanity. This is the
essence of Mayor Baker's statement.
HE KNOWS BETTER
H
ERE Is a sample of Johnson
buncombe:
In his Chamber of Commerce
speech In Portland, ' Senator
Johnson declared that the treaty re
quires that "we shall hand our youth
over to the command of foreign 'na
tions," by which he " meant to say
that the league could at will order
American armies into service at any
time in Europe.
Senator Johnson knows better. The
American constitution Tests the war
making power in congress, and in
congress, alone. The president can
not declare war. President Wilson
went to congress in April," 1917.: and
delivered an address reciting German
aggressions upon America and advis
ing that a state of war be declared.
It was congress, not the president
that acted. It was congress that ex
ercised the war making power by
passing the war resolution. j
The League of Nations la only a
treaty. It cannot abridge or super
sede the powers of the American con
situation. Treaties are made : by
the president and the senate. J They
cannot change a constitutional pro
vision, and the constitution, as we
have seen, vests - the war making
power in congress. " .
To change the constitution requires
action by the president, the senate,
the house, to be followed by ratifica
tion by the legislatures of three
ourths of the states- Moreover, not
a single American soldier could be
sent to Europe without action by the
eague councty. ' ; i
In the council there are nine, mem
ber nations with- one vote each, and
all action must be . by unanimous
vote. This means thai even the
eague "-itself could , not order one
American soldier sent to Europe un
less the American representative
should vote for' it, and even if the
American representative should vote
for it, action by congress would be
necessary to make the vote binding
on America.
All this is known to Senator John
son, and when he says American
armies can be sent promiscuousIzto
Europe by the league, he knows he
ts falsifying. ; ;
Why does he do It? Because It Is
only ; by misrepresentation that the
Johnson tribe can find a weapon with
which to- fight the league, v
If not, why do they use such mis
representation as Johnson used in
this case?
, St Louis and Southern Illinois
milk - dealer are facing - federal
prosecution for serving the people
of the Missouri eity with an. adulter
ated product. The assurance of the
government's pure food laws is that
the person . or, agency vending im
pure products will be placed In the
criminal class on showing ot 2 his
guilt. Fortunately. Portland,
through the momentum of , tha pure
milk- campaign conducted' by The
Journal, has a standard which ranks
quality - first j , t ,
ANENT THE RATE CASE
THE Impression , appears prevalent
that in its decision of the : Co
lumbia basin - rate ease the in
terstate commerce V commission
will recognize the 'advantages and
economy' of water grade transporta
tion ; over 'the mountain "" hauL'; An
order for a rate differential favoring
the valley lines is predicted. '
: It Is difficult for those who have
analyzed the " claims and " counter
claims ' of the Columbia' basin Issue
to find warrant for any , other'' pre
diction. Added to the justice of the
plea. lhat rates on -water grade lines
should express the lower operating
costs; ' it . is distinctly demonstrated
that In the Northwest jrate structure
the normal rules of rate 'making. are
violated. Terminal, charges- are not
assumed to be absorbed lry the rates
for . transportation service of less
than 500 miles. But in the Northwest
a parity of rates applies to Puget
Sound and Columbia river ' terminals
within much shorter distances. Port
land and Seattle; for - instance, have
the same rates' on . livestock from
Pendleton although the distance from
Pendleton to Portland is 216 miles
andifrom; Pendleton to. Seattle 304
miles by way of. the .Northern , Pa
Cifio or approximately - 390 miles by
way of the O-W. R. A N. through
Portland, i
The ; only rule of - rate making In
the Northwest - has seemed to .be
this: Where distance from the Cy
lumbla ' basin favors ; Portland give
Seattle a parity rate; where distance
favors Seattle make a differential fa
voring" Seattle. .
;; This condition could not continue
always and the justice of a decision
favoring the water grade would be
Incontestable. The Inevitable result
of such a decision would be to, turn
a greater, measure of business down
the Columbia. There would be more
wheat and more livestock and fruit.
uiiertogs i iur mauuiacture wvutu I
Snrerl;, uu Wuu acu.iw vyuuivi
Increase, r I
Portland and other Columbia ports
Should ' not Invite or ' permit the re- j
u . tk.i .v. . a . i
Srtl.raS."aJ
mo uuBiucsB. ... iuo w ,ev y i
is now. .Readiness means rau ana j
port terminal facilities, - ship lines,
industries and business organization
equal to any demand.
THE JUGGLE WITH
. AMENDMENTS
By Carl Smith. Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal
wahia4fti.. Oct. ts. fMscMslon In
the senate cloakrooms has definitely
shifted away from Article X of the
TtenTf TnreVt haT been'ir fered to V;enatoV ortieUni State, talking of mutual acquaintances. I hap
ferred to the Johnson amendment, which deliberate insult. Regardless of I pened to mention John O. Brady. He
proposes to Increase the vote of the wnetner or not we agrtw wiui senator m. .uppoM y0o know that Gov
United States In the assembly to cor- Johnson and J do In the main), as a JtZTJt Rltka nearly a rear
respond with the vote of all parts of the member of the United States senate he eroor JJrady died at Biota nearly a year
British empire. Opponents of the league
are not Vet willing to concede the 4e-
feat or the Johnson amendment, im
. . .v. i i i w
the veerlnx of the winds from day to
day have caused anxious moments for I
both sides. I
AtwM.t tha im Rnator Johnaon re.
turned from his Interrupted Journey the
defeat of his amendment seemed certain
by from two to six votes. Since then
there have been some changes, and sen- I
ators who were none too certain either I
Wtt V.AM JA!ntt.l .Um.J km 1
it sUnds today, the amendment seems
destined to lose, but by one of the clos.
est votes of the year.
oa -JL: th.
serve as a substitute for the amendment.
some senators wouia luce to avoid a
aa ha maMrlMant Thav CAUail I
in the agreement to leave the John-
V VSS U1V IUVIIUIUtUM A MtJ VJVVV l
son amendment until the others had been
considered, or at least until Johnson
lPLi"E.,raIl,
out a compromise, and may enable them I
vuia ni SMauiu (UWl vaaa awi - w v MJiBj J
to escape a vote upon the amendment (
If the amendment were carried, this I
would mean beyond any question that
the treaty would have to go back to the
other powers. Ifii ir put Into theform
of a reservation, those who vote for "it j
may say that it .does not require re-
submission of the treaty. In tha view
of some this - cannot - be done, for the!
substance and not the form will decide
wnetner me senate - nas arxacnea an 1
changes the treaty It cannot escape the J
consequences py camsg it a reserva-1
ti0"- v
Four Republican senators are counted
upon to vote against the Johnson amend,
mnt it a vnt i. finBiiir i-u iinnn
it. They areMcCumber of North Da-
kota, McNary of Oregon, Colt of Rhode
Island and Nelson of Minnesota. Three
Democrats are counted for It, Reed of
.' 1h?ma "? Wakh
"t..S A, ""ers are
' "?A v.
D Z IJZ
"aTnat ?t anA w iXZ
It." Th! a-ives a net rnitof 47 to 7
tT?,h" 'tUU. lLth.,.Vj
that these two doubtful vote. T wul snlit
evenly 17 a t of to is an
tfeatSf ULi'Vl-l
ervaUon Drocram la 7 agreed on how. K1 weeK OI l aammiotrauon,
v.S.trnflJlh'" nl Presented to the wnator be-
McCumoera positive matoritTma; hi
-,. - -
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It seems quite probable that the out
come will h a rHirvDtlnn tit vntln
rtrensthTln th. assembiv vhV ,
presiaenc wiu wet in auty bound to
feel In ritttv hminri tn ,
hhS whoh .h RZhn;
I1110, which the Republicans appear to
nave soiiojy sormea. nas already been
M.j.m.d K. .k . w
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wMaTawSSaK JL
.T. ' .1
uouuuuii - ui o uitwi vne-imro. oi
the senate will stand with the president.
and If killing reservations are attached.
tney nave votes enough to prevent rati
fication In that form. They will no
doubt seek to secure' a straight vote' on
ratification. without amendment or res-
ervatlon, and the Republican leaders
wni try to prevent that issue being
drawn. There will be days of Jockeying
for parliamentary advantage. 'If the
vote can te forced on the treaty as it
stands, that motion also will fall, for
Lodge and Knox have enough votes to
prevent adoption unless reservations are
tnciuaeo.
:'. e a a
Thayt atmosphere Is murky; . and no
senator if predicting results with any prise and In its stead presents a live, years before," built and operated a writ
confidence. If the president maintains active and loyal cementing of public ac- ing machine and had' died and passed
his -position, say the anti-leaguers, th. tlon that will take Baker out of the rut on before Mr. Sholes typewriter was
treaty wiu be defeated, if amendments
are made, or reservations are made
whloh ao the equivalent of amendments,
say the president's supporters,: they wlU
not vot. tor it. Each side has ; the
votes to make good, for each aide con
trols more than one-third of th. votes,
ana to rauiy requires two-thirds. :
Compromise, on the line of mild raa.
ervations remains the. only solution that
"- "munr una coapromiM
can be arranged remains a question of
doubt for the treaty-haters .are con-
stanUy trying to fudge" and draw res
ervaUona that mean rejection.
How j Thomas Jefferson "Con-
iutcd the Borahs of His Day ;
From th. New York Evening Post 1 1
President Lowell "sensibly declares. -In
reply to Senator Borah, that no one can
have high admiration tor . Washington
unless he believes that Washmrtnn ha
sagacity enough for "looking the facts df
hi day in th. face and determining his
conduct thereby. Instead ot hv mtann.
nowtrer wiei oi iou- years before.
The same point was made by'a loag -
surviving father himself- ISO years .-urn:
Jefferson, protesting against the Borahs
of 1811 who argued Innovation as ljutfn
tcmDt of th heroes f,7. wrote; t .'.
-I know Uiat age wJl 1 1jloned to
it and labored with Ittt 4aerved. well
of Its tuntry. - It . was very like the
traent. but without tha experience of
the present and 40 yers"of xpetienee
tn rorernment u -worm century m i
...-7. j , . j tvi. iii.n!il mt I
hnr la riaa irom lam 1
avuK -a uvw v i
tlons must eo band In hand with the!
. b .
progress of the human mtad. AstftM l
becomes mors caveiopeo, mors eoiigav i
ened, ss new oiscovsnea mr bibubv www
trutns aisciosea,' ana mmincra uu w'-1
Ions chance with the change or cireum-1
etartcaav inatitutioriB must 7 advance also
and keep pace with the times. We might
& woil rMulrs a man to wear still the
a7 winch fSteaWm when C
civilised society to remain ever under
the reeimen of their ancestors. I
It Is, this preposterous iaea wmcn nasi
recently deluged Europe with olooa j
Let us follow no such examples, nor i
weakly believe that one generation la
not as capable as another of taking care
of Itself '
Letters, From the People
mMnmiinlMtinna aast to The Jettmal fori
nnhliratina is thii denartment ibould b wrttteB I A
;;.ral'. , TIhi, j X, ji i, ii. I
wtitar, - wboaa mau .aodraaa w inu bum aeoMay i
OCIfoa"' ' - 1
A Statement by Mr. MeCusker
Portland. Oct. 8 To the Editor of The L
JoornaJ if . the - -former proaresstve I
article in VourW of
October s, under the caption of Jonn-
son - McCusker Friendship is Held siot
f Koosereit.- t have a good Idea of his
withheld.
One mttst admire the business ethics of
the rentleman in auestlon who would
conspire with your eporter to pubjish
ifhat was known to be a deuberau ue
and ien emphasise -- his "yeUow cur" j
propensities by hiding his name. ,,.
Kr9am,n9 ill winn.i niin wnn nnK.L.ur ,
Tnlinnfi T a anolnrloai tn make I
regarding my action, and I am mcUned
to believe that it meets with more ap- j
proval than does the I
was enuuea to courteous wtauwm, i
the hands of a community which may at I
to um w 6 ,..v
mMnr that mav vitally affect Our in-I
Lterests. and any person with a particle
or eenee wnug i
am extremely grauiica to anow mv
with the exception . of a few partisans
and politicians who acted otherwise, a
coraiai ana respeouui nearuis
coraea mm.
Everyone knows that I managed Ia-
Follette's campaign in 1912, and there-
W .1.J Vtrrt Im tha
convention if possible, but inasmuch as
Roosevelt carried Oregon. I took an ob-
ligation to the state to vote for P.oose-
'SirS
I .rnt tha twn who were nroaounced 1
Roosevelt delegates, and these two per-
jurea tnemseives ana aia not on -
AOIfalaV V ttlAnt rtA til I
vwupv a .va-a Mva aavw
The sUfement that I lined np with the
Taft supporters is a deliberate lie, ex-
eept as to the Taft men on our delega-
l"?0!?.3 L
UCaUDO UICJ StSW WStltKll a as vwvm v mw
state, as I did. to vote for Roosevelt.
it is also a deliberate lie that I -with -
held my vote from Roosevelt "until thel,.. ,K uMitu-warf. ,h. th.
last baUoV as there was but one ballot
and by which Taft was nominated, and
on which 1 and all of our delegation, ex-1
eept the two namad. voted for Roosevelt.
It is also a deliberate lie when this
Pmiwiv aan that Soosevelt called
me the Judas of Oregon, because I lined
tup and voted for Taft until the last bal-J
lot, - as Roosevelt . withdrew ms name.
honed thev would not vote, and only 108,
as I recall it. - Whose oniiganons were
more to them than political favors, with
which our delegation, except two, were
counted, voted for Roosevelt, and It was
v-. ... t ... .nnv.ninn
and refrain from voting that he called
me a Judas and said that I might have
omitted the kiss as I voted for him when
he told me not to. ,
When I take an obligation to the state,
th, voters instruct, me to do a cer -
tain thing, I recognise the right of o
personal interests, to attempt
tojr.lease me from that onugauon. .
I Tne Btlem8nt tnal A WM appomtea
Postmaster and held It for a brief time
,s also ne, -as I never was appointed
to any office' lthouh m:r was
Senator Bournedurlng the
E?UM M"ftrnraT.Tn.a"r
I eoume tnat ne vcuib oppon inc. u
sequently telling the senator that he
would permit it to pass. '
I haye In my possessn eoplaof the
I . . . . . . ... w ,
SV'Tu'T.
I .. . . 7.
re-lthe conVention I was constantly vlltfying
Koosevelt, thereby poisoning his mind!
against me r.when as a matter of fact
l t km o,Unit in th. hi-hast
" -
I but refused to disregard mr obligation
at ms request, wooseveu sent inese ict -
ters to Senator Bourne and be sent them
grelvTam-glad to say 0
Roosevelt, died w. had someperna,
correaponaenco wmcu aiso Deues .somo
i statements made.
r THOMAS M'CtJSKER.
.. A New Spirit tn Baker
From the Baker Democrat
As a result of the verdict of last Sat-
1 .urday, which carried aU of the bonding
issues for city Improvements, there can
be but one conclusion, and that Is that
a new spirit has come among the peo-
pie of Baker and from this time on prog-
res is to be the watchword. -
The issues voted mean a big outlay of
money, but "who will not say that the
I cost will be returned to .in. peopie a
I hundredfold? It means the breaking
I down of a barrier In municipal enter-
of selfishness and Jealousy and make ror
love and home and better moral and civic
surround Ings. It will dispel the unrest
of those who heretofore felt4 little en-
couragement for the future and will give
a stimulus to home building and home
contentment ' . i - :
I The hopeful signs held out are a
I m-nnivnv for the efforts of those who
I have fought valiantly to bring about a
Changed conaiuon, ana ov a ) vw
the opposition will swing into line and
that hereafter a unanimity of spirit will
be manlf est as wUl overcome all beta-
cles in the path vof advancement not
ainna in citv matters, but in county az-
fairs as well. - This happy condition
would so nut the city and county on the
map that those who are here five years
from now wiu n. surprisea at in. powm
Improvements that , . nave
place. : . . - . - . '
v. Investiostlng
tifT Ttn ithm ' mUxumm Gtf Joan-aal.-'-r
Wa are roin to! lnvesUgate .the
I geodetic surwy. TO
I .hn.ii- it?" ' - W i
I i ;-Notwng, senator. ova nw.
I what geodetic 'means."" ft- ' -
I V -Xeither do L and that win be awk -
I ward. We'll Investigate something else."
V- COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
WelL ' tha Jlmla )iit. ft Tmr II va
oaaeoiau.
a a a
- - wvm vt vim
lor log-rolling purposes,
v ,'7rt
men Johnoh knd rk 4oi tjideit.
cortt and Von Tirpits In the business
ir teuingr now it didn't happen, then we
auau avuuw tne war is at last over.
It neips (one's feelings some to eom-
Pr high cost in America, with the same
abroad until one reflects that the prof-
ttw to tlngin on those figures,- too.
anything - like the other portions, of the
beef critter, what's a handful' of pearls
more or was r
Tha Vonnar man- whn Is afraM that arirl
IS about to honev nlm Into a. nronosal
can always reach temporarx safety by
arBrinakei4naV fia . alMHiayianS. ,siV.mi : i ttia
Wauuie ' SU aUlUKU- : WVHi
Perhaps the peonl who are manasrinr
tha tranannrtntlnn avmtmm An nnui tt
tliav UaHlnff limirbta oltlsa im frvina tn
no ruins in tias country.
: fiir : Oliver Ijoda-e sAld the enerrv In
one atom, if released and controlled.
Tt ,t tttfah 0unta?n
However, that litUs atom would . be tn
better business to be raising tne bcoi-
tish ns and piling them on top
" soiy.
. IMPRESSIONS AND
; OF THE JOURNAL MAN r
By Fred
i ra MuMnh, at a aedhr aaaa. wbo
earVtod sodtaaai Into Ai-ka, tn toaearnat dan
. . . MMrinH, ftpgnad aranaly.-
Jf" SdSr alas abatas with Joffmal read.
aondry totaraaans paaaa trom a J."f
'"
A few days ago I was taHtmg; w an
eId aaurdougli from Alaska, who came
-outside- to spend the winter. We Were
ago. i w nov anow u ww.
at umA fearing been so full
.w- f the world war that they
Of tne news I WIS WOu wavr mm imbj
had evldenUy dismissed the deathof
Governors raa y witn a xew unes.
I met Governor Brady- in Alaska in
1900. Be organised the Presbyterian
church of Nome, Alaska, of which I was
a charter member. I met him later at
Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian islands.
We traveled for some days together by
boat, and he told me many interesting
hin- about his 'early Ufe and expert-
ence.KAlaska. NoflcUoB ,ean begin to
compare In Interest with the actual
j facts of his life.
WI th.P abandoned hbn when he
I S t ' M n . a -ayw . . y- m
."" v "'"' "."'.
city. He became a street arab. living
by his wits. A member of the Children's
AW iety became Interested tn him.
and' through the efforts of. that society.
he and some other street waifs were
th
wer taken by farmers and others to be
raised. The little street waif, who was
jatr to become governor of Alaska, was
. home of Judea John
I taken tnto the home or Juoge jo an
Green, who had a farm near Tipton,
ind. He was about 11 years old at that
. . jun 15 184IL He
stayed at tne home or Judge ureen untu
i he was is. when ne became a teacner,
Though he received but a small salary.
T . , MT vi. . t- Tai
aved enough to pay his rare to Tale.
where he worked his way through col-
leK- aTaduating in 1874. From Yale he
went to the Union Theological seminary.
where again he worked his way through.
graduating in 1877. The following year
tl VtHJS
1 " ,
hi. heart went out to the boys tn the
New York slums, for he had lived In th.
BllutM, and knew what the boys were up
ag;ainst. He secured 1700 acres of land
tlf Texai. on which hs -planned to estab-
llBh a model Industrial colony for the
street arabs of Nw York. Lsck of
fund. panted bis carrying, out this
plan, and Instead he Went as a mission
Jry to Alaska. V
For many years John Q. Brady and
Tin Sh.lHnn Jitrkmnn wArkatl tnnthp mm
I miB-ionariea in Alaska. It wa through
I the cooneratlon and heln of Governor
Brady lhat Sheldon Jackson was able
introduce th. reindeer Industry la
I AiMM.
President McKinley appointed Mr.
Brady governor f Alaska, whl-h ooei.
1 L . j . .. ' ,
. lluu ,io iujiu irom .1034 i.u xmnng
1 his administration he was able to put
1 tot0 effect many reforms in Alaska. He
I never lost his interest tn children, and
j SSretnse, 'WKsS
rtTtk rse"whteh foTiow". sMta
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
While the court stenographers in con-
venUon at the Hotel Tuller were urging
. . . ,
the.completion of a fund to buy a monu-
ment in honor of Christopher Latham
Sholes, known as, the father of the
typewriter and commonly called the In-
ventor'of that machine in 1868, there is
t stirring 01 long silent nones , m 19-
I troit. -
I - v0r a. Detroit man. says th. News. 40
thought of. The Smithsonian Institution
at Washington Is seeking In Detroit
members of the. family of Judge Wil-
liam Austin Burt in the hope- that a
replica of his machine may b. sUll
owned by them.
In 1888 the original model was de-
1 stroyed in th. nre that swept the patent
I office. Th. renlica was mad. for exhlbt-
I tlon at th. World's fair in Chicago ln
it3, aiiu ai un ctuee m u uur vaa
taken In charge" by some member of the
family. V Since that time all trace of It
has been lost - ,
. . One Thing l?matllla Can't So
- Frets tha Pttidletoa Eaat Oreconiaa . ..
. Four soldiers write from freeport, N.
Y to- the Pendleton Commercial asso
ciation - asking further . Information
abopt the homestead lands open to entry
in UmaUIU county. Th. discharged
men have been told about the vast acreage.-open
to entry in the 'west and con
vey the Impression in their letter 'that
I wheat land Is available for the asking.
K. Cranston said today
that th homestead land avaiUbU in
um.iui. , i uura .v.
I hardly make a living for. anyone and he
1 addressed a letter to them setting forth
1 conditions here in their true light.
NEWS. IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
. Pheasants this year are much more
plentiful than last, year, say Pendleton
sportsmen. , .'.'
There seems to -bs no abatement of
the demand for- houses, apartments and
rooms at Baker. - Many people, the
Democrat says, have been forced to go
elsewhere for this reason.
--!' a a
A tax levy of T mlUs for the coming
year has been voted by the city council
of Halneav This tax. It ts estimated, wiU
cover the' general expenses ot the city
government and tn addition retire an
other water system- bond. -..,-,;-.
' i . . a ' , n :v '
ltnra are mmlnf Coaullle's way now.
In addition to the big cannery Whose
location there is ' assured, as a direct
result of its buUding, the Sentinel says,
it hears of other factories to 'come,
which it cannot announce more definite
ly now. V . a a ;
nMtliMt' threatens the Hoseburg
schools, according to the Review. The
commercial ana manual training
partmente of the high school are espe
i.u rnwiiwi. New tvoewrlters have
been ordered and the pupils are typing
only one instead oi two penas a uay. .
a a v
Beglstratlon of tudents In the Univer
sity ot Oregon at the end of the first
..lw ; ,k. totaled 1510. the larg
est for the opening week In the history
. wutinn Tha total is already
300 more than the record enrollment for
any previous- college year. i - '"
present Indications the registrarSfl offtee
expects , a vi ----
fore the end of the presenj term. .
OBSERVATIONS
Lockley
had Governor Brady, or some of his
type, in mind: ,
if all who- aata mjld lota oa, '
And all ear lotaa war trua,
Tha Man that twins shots
WooM bricbtea In the bloa.
If Croat worda want Una,
Aad vfttj ssowl a amila, , '
A bettar vorU than this to
Would hardly ba worth while.
If eonaa woold watishtaa
To aaaat a brotliar'a naad;
Tha load wa kaar woald lichtsa
above tha grave of graad.
If thoa whs vUm would wtiiaua.
And thaaa who Unmtah laacb.
Xha roaa woold nmt tha tblatla,
Tha staia outrun tha chaff.
If heart wen only lolly.
If friaring war forgot.
If teara and melancholy
Were thine that bow art aot
Thea Lots woold kaael to Doty;
- And all tha world would aeam
A bridal bowar of beauty.
A dream si this a dream.
- e
. Another man' who will go down In
history as a lover of children la Judge
Ben B. Llndsey of Denver. Few men
have had greater Influence in the Shap
ing of remedial legislation for boys than
Judge Llndsey. Hundred! of boys who
have become , good cltlsens would' now
be in the penitentiary had not they
come Into contact with Judge lAwsey,
where they received not only sympathy
but a square deal.
Judge Llndsey is so much Interested
In making a better world and In trying
to better conditions that he has no room
In his heart or mind for hatred or vin
dlctlveness. One needs no better evi
dence that this Is so than Is contained
In a letter which I received yesterday
from Judge Lindsey. He says:
"In a somewhat congested mall that I
have been delayed In answering, I find
your - very kind letter and enclosure,
and I want to thank you for It.
"The circumstances regarding Colonel
Roosevelt's visit to Denver are certainly
quite true, and were featured by nearly
all the newspapers here at the time ex
cept one that was my particular enemy.
And that paper hCd paid Norman Hap
good $1000 fqr a front page story of
the most significant event ot Roose
velt's visit. . Hapgood turned in the
story, after receiving his 11000, and
when the managing editor opened it he
found it was a most vivid account ot
the incident you describe. The paper
had promised the story, without Stating
Its substance, to its readers that after
noon, and had played up the Importance
of Mr. Hapgood and the 1 1000 It had
paid for the story. Of course, the story
Went to the waste basket, but it was too
good to keep, and got out In an opposi
tion paper.
a a ' a ,
"It Is very interesting to recall J. R.
Hermann's account of some hot cam
paigning we had in the old days espe
cially the incident you describe. No
politician in. this town -thought it was
possible to defeat Bathhouse Tom,' who
was boss of his ward for nearly 20 years.
But poor old Tom was defeated by 18
votes, and, curiously enough, afterward
became one of my best friends and went
to the front for me in a campaign where
he made himself, count, and, he died a
respected and righteous man, having re
pented of his part in the fight for the
special interests.
a a a
"I Just received a letter of apprecia
tion the other day from a similar politi
cal enemy, who had sued me for $50,000
libel in an effort to send me to the peni
tentiary for the Beasts and the Jungle'
story. And an ex-chief of police has
offered me affidavits to prove more
than all I said against him and others
with him In those days, and Is also now
one of my best friends. Thus do things
change, when you come to the point In
your life, after fighting evil and feeling
sorry ror its victims, whom you really
wanted to help and not hurt."
Olden Orepon
AnU-Slavery . People Began Vigorous
- : ' Defense In 1855. -
The first anti-slavery convention In
Oregon was held at Albany, June 27,
186b. Thirty-nine delegates were in at
tendance. : Resolutions denouncing slav
ery were passed and the holding of
county meetings throughout the terri
tory was encouraged for the purpose of
arocslng public sentiment and securing
the election of men to office who could
ba relied upon td oppose the encroach
mcnts ox slavery. -
, Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
President Wilson's all right He has
done more for the little naUons In-this
world than any other man fer the last
1000 years. This here Shantung play of
his simply busted up the Japs. He give
'em what they said . they wanted, and
they don't know what to do with It The
Japs Is boycotted by the Chinks, and the
Jap statesmen is plum bound to give
Shantung back to 'em, if Mr. Wilson
had of refused the Japs Shantung then
them little brown fellers woold of pulled
out of th. council, and mebby by . this
time, we d of been at war with 'era.
believe these hers anti-League of Na
tion fellers Is a-nlayhV fer another war.
They waht us to go to war with Japan
over Shantung, or any old thing, jesso
w. git Into a scrap that'll kill another
few million people. Mebby a few more
bilUonaireard suit 'em. too. -
v .. i The Same . - - ,
' j Proa the , tTUea Obaartar - . -
" James A. Reed, United States Venator
from Missouri, who Is making repeated
vicious attacks upon President Wilson,
is the same James A. Reed who filled
pages in the Congressional Record in his
denunciation of Herbert A. Hoover and
food control. -..', ,.
.-. The; Oregon Country
NorUraaat Happtnlnga is Brief rots for th
OREGON NOTES 1
The Osweco r ran re willhoM Ha an
nual fair at the grange haU at Oswego
Saturday. . ,,
The John Dean WVInr tnnu at Cam
has shipped to date 28 carloads of fruit
mis season. ...;.--
Charles E. Glass, wen known mualHan
and artist of Eugene, died In that city
Tuesday, aged bC , t,
X Contract haa hen W hv tha Uaannl
lodara at Prinavill ft"" tha afwsnawfrieiBf ! "
of a new temple to cost 826,000.
Rural school districts In , Hood Rtvaf
county are Increasing their budgets for
tn. coming year 10 provide more money .
for salaries. . "
The big modern prune dryer on th. r.:
Ralph Knight ranch above Canyonvlllo
aipn Jvnignt
trned -Wedn
purnea -weanesaay night, entailing a
loss of 13000.
Joseph K. Carson J, Af Hood ttivmr
a graduate of the University of Oregon
imw iraiooi, naa returned irom two years
wniw tit r runue.
Announcement has luat hwn tnmAm'-nt
th. fall meeting of the Oregon Dalry-
a mwwuuii tu ua neia at nermis -ton,
October 23 to 26. - ,
A. A. Brlgrs of the Brirrs Lumber
company at Walker, whose mill was
burned a few weeks arc, announces that -
no wm at once reouiio.
Vlrrll Dutton. (hvuhnM ar .r xi -
and Mrs. George Dutton of Hood River,
broke his leg when his foot was caught 1 '
u mat Bpua.es ti a wagon.
A nuarter section of wheat land uvn
miles northwest of Pendleton haa haan '
sold by H. TV. Collins and Klmer Moor
to Joe Snyder for $128 an acre.
John Wall.. a nenhaw of Mrs. Charlaa A
Dudley of Penedleton, has rvturned from
overseas. Mr. Wall was a member of s
General Pershing's famous bodyguard. 'a
Five thousand boxes of tomatoes from
five acres of land at Dlllard Is the
record made by T. B. Evans 4 Son. The
fruit brought a price of more than 40
cents a box.
One hundred bronerty ownera of A a.
toria have asked that the citv ba en.
joined from enforcing the assessment
01 tia.wu tor tne improvement 01
Seventh street.
Sheriff Wilson has brought to llrht
two more checks alleged to have been
cashed by A. Jones, who as arrested at
Oregon CHy a few day. ago on the
cnarg. ot passing worthless paper.
The Roseburg city council haa In- -
structed the city engineer to prepare
putns ana specifications zor tne paving
of the two main streets, the first im- .
provement'or this nature to be under-
taken In Roseburg for two years.,
WASHINGTON ,
The Joint tax levy for all purposes
In Spokane for the coming year will be
58 mills.
Tacoma's municipal tax levy for 19J0
has been fixed at 28.8 mills, the highest
in history.
Chelan county Is advertising for bids
on $830,000 worth of road bonds recently
authorised.
Yakima county's tax levy for the com
ing year, exclusive of the school tax,
will be 38.5 mills.
The total tax levy fri Seattle for 1120
will be 80.42 mills. King county will
need $19,663,624.62.
Henry and Ernest Hlnck were fined
$25 each at Vancouver for shooting
Hungarian partridges.
Whitman county bank deposits' have
reached $20,000,000, an increase of 100
per cent since August 1.
Yakima oounty commissioners have
decided that employes who marry each
other will not lose their positions.
Shingle mill workers at Aberdeen, who
struck a month ago for increased wages,
have voted to go back to work at tb. '
old wages.
Thorough Investigation by the gov
ernment has failed to show any evidence
of hoarding on th. part of dealers or In
dividuals in Western Washington.
Tacoma manufacturers and Jobbers
have- filed protest with the railroad ad- '
ministration against the order prevent
ing tne use or cars ror latracity ship
ments, v
Th. Fred Hayfleld farm ot 240 acres.
sold to J. W. Willson for $166 an acre,
th. highest price ever obtained lor farm
ing land in tne county.
Probably the youngest honeymoonero
In the United States are Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Patterson, each IS year, of are.
who were married at Vancouver, Wed
nesday. Both are from Salem.
Paul R. Hatfer, the young Taooma
Socialist who gained national notoriety
by being convicted on a charge of libel
ing the memory ot ueorge Washington,
has returned from the army with an
honorable discharge in his pocket.
IDAHO
Ns Perce county on Wednesday voted
bonds In the sum of $400,000 for high
way and bridge construction.
The Bert Townley farm of 120 acres,
two miles west of Welser, has been sold
to Harry Abemathy for $25,000.
Payette county is well satisfied with
Its Davrticisation in the state fair this
year, having won $500 in prises.
Development Is being pushed In many
of the mines of Owyhee county. Th.
Sinker mine has 15 miles of tunnel exca
vated. .
The fruit dryer opened at Welser by
Denny A Co. Is now employing 40 people.
The plant will use cull apples, heretofore
a loss..
K. K. Beeman shipped two carloads
of apples from Buhl to the Rastren mar
ket, for which he received $240i or $20
per box.
Timothy Regan, prominent capitalist
and business map of Boise and a pio
neer of the state, died at Boise Wednes
day at the ag. of 78.
. Representative French has introduced
a bill in congress giving Hand point tltl.
to large areas of government land for
protection of the city water supply. -
Th. McOoldriek Logging company has
two crews at work lo the vicinity of.
Blanchard. and expects to take out
3,000,000 feet of timber during the sea
son. Stockholders of the Farmers Elevator
A Warehouse company at Deary have
purchased sufficient additional stock to ',
wipe oat the debt on their 40,000 bushel
elevator. . .
At a meeting of grain growers In Lew
I t ton serious charges were made against
th. United States Grain corporation, al
leging discrimination in favor of millers'
and speculators. . - r -
GENERAL
There are 3000 Jewish soldiers In the
British army in, Palestine. ;. .
Dr. Paul 8. Relnsch has reached San
Francisco on bis return from th. post
of American minister to China.
In anticipation ot Transpacific flights,
th. war department has appointed a
commission to map out landing field
In the Hawaiian islands, - .
Director General tHines says the rail
road administration wUl mak. no In-'
erease in freight rates before the re
turn of the railroads, to private opera
tion on January; X.-, 1 ', - -
Columbia university has conferred the ,
degree - of doctor of laws ."honoris
causa,4 the highest distinction In its
power to bestow, upon Cardinal Msr
cler, primate of Belgium. -
The Western Sugar refinery of Cali
fornia, which has been closed for, some
time, has effected an adjustment of Its
differences with Its employes and re
sumed operations Wednesday.
Charles E. Blebold of Pensacola, Roy
McMillan of Rochester, N, Y- and Paul
Reichel of Htramootoq, Cal.,were killed
Wednesday at Pensacola. Fla tn tb.
fall of a seaplane Into the bay.
The Journal Is a Constructive
' Newspaper -':'V' 'V, '
The Journal, In Its news page as
well as on its editorial page, alms
only for honest, constructive and
fairly r expressed " sentiment , The
Journal is for Portland and Oregon
and . for every 11 n. ot endeavor and
form of development that will tend
to Increase their growth, prosperity
and prestige. .
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